etymologie

Meaning

1. (feminine, no-diminutive) etymology (study of the origin and development of words)
2. (feminine, no-diminutive) etymology (proposed explanation for the origin and development of a word)

Concepts

etymology

Synonyms

woordafleiding

woordherkomst

Translations

etimologia

Etymologie

étymologie

etimología

etimologia

etimologia

ετυμολογία

etimoloji

etymologia

etimologia

kökenbilim

Ethymologie

köken bilimi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌeː.ti.moː.loːˈɣi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French: étymologie

Borrowed from Latin: etymologia

In summary

Either borrowed from Middle French étymologie (from Old French ethimologie, from Latin) or directly a learned borrowing from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología).